EP0066929A1 - Getriebe mit Geschwindigkeitsänderung - Google Patents

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EP0066929A1
EP0066929A1 EP82200661A EP82200661A EP0066929A1 EP 0066929 A1 EP0066929 A1 EP 0066929A1 EP 82200661 A EP82200661 A EP 82200661A EP 82200661 A EP82200661 A EP 82200661A EP 0066929 A1 EP0066929 A1 EP 0066929A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H3/00—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion
    • F16H3/02—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion
    • F16H3/08—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially with continuously meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts
    • F16H3/10—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially with continuously meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts with one or more one-way clutches as an essential feature
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62M—RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
    • B62M11/00—Transmissions characterised by the use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels
    • B62M11/04—Transmissions characterised by the use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels of changeable ratio
    • B62M11/06—Transmissions characterised by the use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels of changeable ratio with spur gear wheels

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  • the invention relates to a change-speed driving gear comprising a housing, an input shaft journalled in said housing, an output shaft partly rotatable about the input shaft, an output gear wheel rigidly secured to the output shaft, at least one input gear wheel rotatably mounted on the input shaft, at least one first gear wheel being continuously in mesh with the input gear wheel and a second gear wheel axially coupled with the former and being continuously in mesh with the output gear wheel of a gear wheel set rotatably journalled parallel to the input shaft, coupling means for selectively coupling the input gear wheel of the output shaft with the input shaft and control means for the coupling means, said coupling means comprising coupling elements adapted to engage internal contact surfaces of the input gear wheel and the output shaft.
  • Such change-speed driving gears in which the coupling means are arranged internally of the gear wheels, are used in those cases in which little axial space is available.
  • a change-speed driving gear of this kind is known from Swiss Patent Specification 253.158.
  • This know change-speed driving gear is particularly intended for use on a bicycle having a back-pedal brake hub, in which the input shaft is formed by the crank axle.
  • the control-means for the coupling means become operative, whe the crank axle is caused to rotate through a small angle in the opposite sense. The maximum magnitude of said angle is determined by the amount of play of the chain and the brake hub, which can be covered before the brake hub becomes operative.
  • the coupling elements are formed by pawls included in the crank axle and .engaging inner recesses of the gear wheels.
  • the pawls are operative on a small diameter and owing to the heavy torque exerted on the crank axle the pawls are exposed to very heavy forces.
  • break-down of the pawls is often involved. This is particularly undesirable because in the event of rupture of a pawl the driving gear can readily get blocked.
  • the known pinion driving gear has the disadvantage of being expensive, since the pawls can be manufactured only with difficulty and moreover, complicated recesses have to be provided in the interior of the gear wheels, which also involves expensive machining operations.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a change-speed driving gear of the kind set forth in the preamble, which ensures satisfactory reliability of operation.
  • each internal contact surface for the coupling means forms part of a cylindrical inner surface and in that each coupling element is a wedge element co-operating with a wedge of the input shaft.
  • Wedge elements can be exposed to very heavy forces before rupture or even deformation occurs.
  • the invention provides the additional advantage that the gear wheels need not be machined at high costs on their inner surfaces so that they can be manufactured at low cost.
  • the wedge elements are formed by rollers, which can be obtained on the market with a high degree of accuracy and high-quality properties of material at a very low price.
  • control-means comprise a switching shaft rotatably extending along the wedge elements, normally preventing the latter from being engaged and having a recess near each wedge element and a switching element selectively positioned by the switching shaft in rotational positions, each recess allowing the associated wedge element to engage in a given rotational position of the switching shaft.
  • a recess is provided in accordance with the invention between every two inner contact surfaces located in an axial plane. If due to a very high load an initial slip occurs, the wedge element concerned snaps into the next- following recess so that further slipping becomes impossible.
  • This embodiment is a change-speed driving gear for a bicycle mounted at the place of the crank axle in a bicycle frame, the crank axle forming the input shaft of the change-speed driving gear.
  • the change-speed driving gear comprises a housing 50 formed by a cylindrical housing ring 2 and two housing plates 4, 5 clamped against said ring.
  • the housing plates 4, 5 are clamped against the housing ring 2 by means of housing bolts 37, shown in a sectional view in Fig. 4, said bolts passing across the housing plate 4 and being engaged in screwthread in the housing plate 5.
  • the housing plate 4 accomodates by means of a bearing 12 the input shaft 11, which also constitutes the crank axle.
  • the output shaft 9 is mounted rotatably about the input shaft 11 in the housing plate 5 by means .of a bearing 51.
  • An output gear wheel 52 is integral with the output shaft 9.
  • the input shaft 11 has mounted on it a first input gear wheel 7 and a second input gear wheel 8, both of which can rotate with respect to the input shaft 11.
  • Parallel to the input shaft 11 an auxiliary shaft 3 is mounted in the housing 50.
  • the auxiliary shaft 3 is fixed by means of a bolt 16 in a recess in the housing plate 4.
  • a guard ring 17 is arranged for guarding the shaft 3 against loosening.
  • a gear wheel set 10 having three gear wheels forming a single unit and being constantly in engagement with the first input gear wheel 7, the second input gear wheel 8 and the output gear wheel 52 respectively.
  • the gear wheel set 10 is fixed on the auxiliary shaft 3 by means of guard rings 15, which co-operate with locking rings 14.
  • the input gear wheels 7 and 8 and the output shaft 9 can be selectively coupled with the input shaft 11 by means of wedge elements formed by rollers 24.
  • rollers 24 The actuation of the rollers 24 is controlled by control-means whose operation will be described more fully hereinafter.
  • Fig. 1 furthermore shows that the output shaft 9 is provided in a rotation-resistant manner by means of key toothing with a chain wheel carrier 21.
  • the chain wheel carrier 21 is coupled by means of left-hand screwthread with a chain wheel 39.
  • the chain wheel 39 is clamped with the chain wheel carrier 21 to the key toothing of the shaft 9 by means of a clamping plate 20 engaging the screwthread of the output shaft 9.
  • the chain wheel 39 can be linked in a conventional manner through a chain to a chain wheel of the rear wheel of the bicycle.
  • Into the housing 50 can be introduced an appropriate lubricant, for example, lubricating oil.
  • an appropriate lubricant for example, lubricating oil.
  • packing rings 18, 19 and 35 are arranged in the driving gear.
  • spacing rings 38 of suitable material for example, bronze or a synthetic resin
  • said rings are provided with cams protruding towards the centre and adapted to snap into the recess 57 in the shaft 11 intended for the coupling means.
  • FIGs. 5 and 6 are schematic cross-sectional views of the input shaft 11 at the area of the second input gear wheel 8.
  • the coupling elements formed by the rollers 24 are accomodated in a recess 57 of the input shaft 11.
  • This recess 57 has a surface 59, which together with the opposite inner surface 60 of the gear wheel 8 constitutes a wedge- shaped space.
  • the roller24 can be brought into contact both with said wedge surface 59 and with the inner surface 60 of the gear wheel 8.
  • the wedge element 24 will have a wedge effect between the wedge surface 59 and the inner surface 60 of the gear wheel 8 so that this.gear wheel 8 is coupled with the input shaft 11. This situation is illustrated in Fig. 5.
  • the roller 24 can become operative since the switching shaft 23 is provided near said roller with a recess 55, which leaves the roller 24 concerned free in the rotational position of the switching shaft 23 shown in Fig. 5 to be engaged by being urged by the spring element 34.
  • the switching shaft 23 and the hook-like form of one limb of the spring element 34 prevent the roller 24 from coming into contact with the wedge surface 59 as well as the inner surface 60 of the gear wheel 8. Owing to the hook-like form on the limb of the spring 34 co-operating with the wedge element 24 and because it reaches far outwards it is ensured that, in the position shown in Fig. 6, the wedge element 24 will not come into contact with the inner surface 60. The wedge element 24 is thus prevented from getting into engagement and hence from turning the switching shaft 23 due to thrusts or vibrations.
  • the switching shaft 23 has three recesses 54, 55 and 56 for the coupling elements 24 associated with the first gear wheel 7, the second input gear wheel 8 and the output shaft 9 respectively. Since the recesses 54, 55 and 56 are located so that in different rotational positions of the switching shaft 23 they release the associated coupling element 24 to become engaged, the gear wheels concerned or the output shaft can be selectively coupled with the input shaft 11.
  • a control arm 61 which co-operates with a switching disc 36.
  • the switching disc 36 is rotatably mounted around the input shatt 11 and has internally three cam recesses 62, 63 and 64. These cam recesses 62, 63 and 64 have different depths and according ly they allow the control-arm.61 of the switching shaft 23 to turn outwardly to different extents by the spring 22 actuating said arm. In this way the three desired rotational positions of the switching shaft 23 are determined.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 furthermore show that the rollers 24 are loaded in the direction of engagement by hairpin-shaped leaf springs 34, which are fixed with the aid of a guard pin 25 in the recess 57 of the input shaft 11.
  • leaf springs 34 other spring elements may, of course, be employed, for example, a depressible, elastic synthetic foam.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates that in normal operation, in which the input shaft 11 rotates in the direction of the arrow 58, the switching disc 36 is turned along by the control-arm 61 of the switching shaft 23. If it is desired to change over to a different transmission, the switching disc 36 has to rotate with respect to the input shaft 11 so that the control-arm 61 can protrude in a different recess 63 or 64. In the embodiment shown this is achieved by causing the input shaft 11 to rotate in the opposite sense indicated by the arrow 67. Owing to friction between the shaft 11 and the switching disc 36 said disc is moved along in the direction of the arrow 67 until a cam 65 protruding from the periphery of the switching disc 36 comes into contact with a switching pawl 30 located on said surface.
  • the switching pawl 30 is pivotable about a shaft 31 or rotatably mounted on a blocking disc 29 journalled on the secondary shaft 3.
  • the switching pawl 30 is loaded in clockwise direction by a spring 32 engaging on the one hand the blocking disc 29 and on the other hand said pawl 30. Since the switching pawl 30 is in contact with the surface of the switching disc 36, a reactive torque produced by said spring load is exerted on the blocking dis 29 in anti-clockwise direction.
  • the blocking disc 29 is held in the rotational position shown in Fig. 4 because a cam 68 thereof is in contact with a blocking pawl 26 connected with the housing plate 4 and being rotatable about a shaft 27.
  • the blocking pawl 26 is loaded by a spring 28 in clockwise direction.
  • the blocking disc 29 is turned in clockwise direction by the force exerted on the switching pawl 30 until the cam 71 comes into contact with the rear side of the blocking pawl 26.
  • the blocking pawl then snaps into the recess of the blocking disc 29.
  • the contact of the cam 71 with the rear side of the blocking pawl 26 prevents further rotation of the blocking disc and hence a further displacement of the switching pawl 30. Consequently, the switching disc 36 is prevented from turning on so that the input shaft 11 turns in the direction of the arrow 67 with respect to the switching disc 36.
  • This turn of the input shaft 11 is further maintained for largely one third of a revolution so that the control-arm 61 of the switching shaft 23 snaps into the next recess 63 of the switching disc 36 and the desired other transmission ratio is set.
  • the above-described part of the switching cycle is performed through an angle of 180° of rearward rotation of the input shaft 11.
  • the pedals are preferably mounted on the shaft 11 in a manner such that the change-over can start when the pedals are at a dead point. The change-over is then accomplished after half a rearward revolution, when the pedals are again at a dead point. A cyclist can clearly sense the dead points of the pedal strokes so that this embodiment ensures satisfactory actuation.
  • the control-arm In order to ensure that the switching shaft 23 is in the correct rotational position and, moreover, in the correct initial position for a next change-over, the control-arm has to be in contact with a front surface, viewed in the direction of the aroow 58, of the recess 62, 63 or 64 concerned.
  • the input shaft 11 is again turned in the direction of the arrow 58 and the cam 65, being in contact with the switching pawl 30, gets free of said pawl, the blocking disc 29 leaps back as a result of the reactive torque exerted by the switching pawl 30 until the cam 69 is in contact with the front end 73 of the blocking pawl 26.
  • the input shaft 11 can then be further driven in the direction of the arrow 58 and thus drive the output shaft 9 through the resultant gear wheel transmission.
  • the switching pawl 30 remains in sliding contact with the outer surface of the switching dis 36 so that at a desired change-over this pawl 30 can again come into contact with a cam 65 and the above-described switching cycle can be repeated.
  • Figs. 3 and 7 show that the input gear wheels and the output shaft between the cylindrical contact faces 60 may have recesses 74 that can be simply made. These recesses 74 preferably have a profile corresponding with part of the outer profile of the wedge element 24. If such a high torque is exerted on the input shaft 11 that the clamping force of the wedge element 24 is overcome, the input shaft 11 will slip with respect to the switched-on gear wheel or the engaged output shaft. In this preferred embodiment in which the gear wheels and the output shaft have recesses 74 said slip can occur only through such a relative angular turn that the engaged wedge element 24 is caused to snap into a recess 74. Further slip is then no longer possible.
  • the Figures show that the three wedge elements are all controlled by the switching shaft, this is not absolutely necessary. Since the wedge elements have a free-running effect, that is to say, they have a coupling effect in only one relative direction of rotation of the parts to be coupled, the coupling element associated with the lowest speed, that is to say, the wedge element 24 associated with gear wheeel 8, need not be controlled.
  • gear wheel 7 on the output shaft 9 is coupled with the input shaft 11, the gear weheel 8 rotates by the drive via the gear wheel set 10 more rapidly than the input shaft 11 so that the wedge element 24 thereof cannot come into engagement. Basically it is only needed to keep the coupling elements of the gear wheel 7 and the output shaft 9 out of engagement.
  • gear wheel 8 When the coupling elements 24 both of gear wheel 7 and the output shaft 9 are kept out of engagement, the gear wheel 8 is automatically coupled. If the coupling element of the gear wheel 7 is kept out of engagement the output shaft 9 is automatically coupled with the input shaft 11. If finally not any of the coupling elements of gear wheel 7 and output shaft 9 is kept out of engagement, gear wheel 7 is automatically coupled with the input shaft 11.
  • the change-speed driving gear embodying the invention When the change-speed driving gear embodying the invention is arranged in a bicycle as in the embodiment shown, the sprocket weheel 39 and hence the output shaft 9 will be driven in opposite sense from the rear wheel when the bicycle is manually driven backwards.
  • the wedge element of the transmission then set will move along the input shaft in the direction of the arrow 67.
  • the switching disc 36 is prevented from rotating by the switching pawl 30.
  • the switching pawl 30 At the resulting relative rotation of the switching disc 36 and the control-arm 61 the latter is urged into the recess of the shaft 11.
  • the associated rotation of the switching shaft 23 is, however, counteracted by the engaging roller 24 so that there is a risk of forcing the switching shaft.
  • the switching shaft 23 is preferably constructed so that its recess provided for the wedge element 24 of the lowest transmission leaves free this wedge element in any rotational position of the switching shaft 23.
  • this lowest transmission automatically gets into gear in accordance with the foregoing statements.
  • the switching shaft can turn freely so that the risk of damage is excluded.
  • wedge elements rollers are preferred, because they are commercially available with a high degree of precision at a low price.
  • other wedge elements may be used, for example, elements accomplishing a wedge effect by performing a tilting movement.
  • wedge elements By using wedge elements as coupling means the internal surfaces of the gear wheels to be coupled or of the output shaft need not be provided with recesses for pawl means or the like, which can be machined only with difficulty and at high costs.
  • the embodiment of the change-speed driving gear shown in the drawings in accordance with the invention is intended for use in a bicycle.
  • the frame of the bicycle comprises a sleeve-like holder 1, into which the driving gear can be inserted from the left, as viewed in Fig. 1.
  • the housing plate 4 of the housing 50 has a suitable shoulder 50 matching the holder 1.
  • On the other side of the holder 1 amounting ring 6 is arranged with the aid of mounting bolts 33.
  • the change-speed driving gear is clamped tight in the holder 1.
  • the change-speed driving gear can be simply and readily mounted as a closed unit in the bicycle frame.
  • the housing 50 of the driving gear can be sealed.
  • sprocket wheels an- chains may, of course, be employed.
  • the construction then differs only in that the auxiliary shaft 3 has to be at a relatively larger distance from the input shaft 11 and in that the gear wheel set 10 rotates in the opposite sense.

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FR723730A (fr) * 1930-12-12 1932-04-14 Dispositifs de changement de vitesse pour voitures automobiles et autres applications
DE654881C (de) * 1933-07-13 1938-01-03 Jean Marie Charles Semery Zahnraederwechselgetriebe, insbesondere fuer Kraftfahrzeuge
CH235692A (de) * 1941-04-23 1944-12-15 Ag Neue Zesar Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe.
CH235693A (de) * 1941-04-23 1944-12-15 Ag Neue Zesar Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe.
CH241132A (de) * 1941-04-23 1946-02-15 Ag Neue Zesar Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe.
CH253158A (de) * 1946-09-27 1948-02-15 Ag Sport Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe, insbesondere für Fahrräder.

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FR723730A (fr) * 1930-12-12 1932-04-14 Dispositifs de changement de vitesse pour voitures automobiles et autres applications
DE654881C (de) * 1933-07-13 1938-01-03 Jean Marie Charles Semery Zahnraederwechselgetriebe, insbesondere fuer Kraftfahrzeuge
CH235692A (de) * 1941-04-23 1944-12-15 Ag Neue Zesar Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe.
CH235693A (de) * 1941-04-23 1944-12-15 Ag Neue Zesar Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe.
CH241132A (de) * 1941-04-23 1946-02-15 Ag Neue Zesar Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe.
CH253158A (de) * 1946-09-27 1948-02-15 Ag Sport Geschwindigkeitswechselgetriebe, insbesondere für Fahrräder.

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FR2680849A1 (fr) * 1991-08-29 1993-03-05 E2N Sarl Boite a vitesses automatique.

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